. >> four-year-old andrew roger and his mom are off to run some errands.irst, we must make sure he is secure in his safety seat. 9,000 lives have been saved from 1975 to 2008 by the proper use of child safety seats. during national child safety week, triple-a is reminding parents and care givers to make sure children are secured properly in the correct seats every trip, every time. maro is the traffic safety manager for triple-a. here are five tips for securing your two to four-year-old child. >> tip number one is when you are restraining your toddler, you want to make sure the seat itself is tight and to check for that, pull right here. no more than 1 inch of movement. and you want to make sure that the harness strap is tight. if you can pinch the harness strap, that's way too loose and it's time to tighten it up. >> 23 you used your seat rear facing and you're going to turn it forward facing, it's important to remember that the seat cannot be in the recline mode. it has to be upright when the seat is forward facing. the third tip is, car seats don't last

. >> reporter: 4-year-old andrew roger and his mom are off to run some errands.first, we must make sure he's secure in his safety seat. nearly 9,000 lives have been saved from 1975 to 2008 by the proper use of child safety seats. during national passenger safety week aaa mid-atlantic is reminding parents and caregivers to make sure children are secured properly in the correct seats every trip, every time. myra lehman is the traffickest manager for aaa. five tips. >> tip number one is, when you're restraining your toddler you want to make sure that the seat itself is tight and to check for that you want to pull right here. near the belt path. no more than one inch of movement. and make sure that the harness is there strap is tight. if you can pinch the harness strap that is way too loose. and it's time to tighten it up. if you used your seat rear-facing and going to turn it forward-facing, it's important to remember that the seat cannot be in the recline mode. it has to be upright when the seat is forward-facing. the third tip is, car seats don't last forever. mos

. >> four-year-old, andrew roger and his mom are off to run some errands. first, we must make sure he is secure in his safety seat. lives have been saved by the proper use of child safety seats. during passenger safety week, triple-a is reminding parents and care givers to make sure children are secured properly in the correct seats every trip, every time. maro is the traffic safety manager for aaa. here are your tips. >> tip number one is, when you are restraining your toddler, you want to make sure that the seat itself is tight and to check for that, you want to pull right here near the belt path, no more than one inch of movement and the harness strap is tight. if you can pinch the harness strap, that's way too loose and it is time to tighten it up. >> if you used your seat rear facing and you're going to turn it forward facing, it's important to remember that the seat cannot be in the recline mode. it has to be up right when the seat is forward facing. the third tip is, car seats don't last for ever. most seats have about a six to nine year life. so you